Peg Board Boxes

I keep thinking I have a centerpiece and then I suddenly do not. I don't think this is indecisiveness, I think it's, well, from some other place. We came up with something we liked but we can't find more of the vases that made it what it was. So back to the drawing board.

Enter pegboard box. This is the bright idea of another Kelly over at Yes Please (via 100LayerCake).

Or Lack Thereof

I need to create a plan for the final months as if I was planning someone else's wedding. Take the emotion out of it. Be both client and planner. We're clicking over to the 3 month mark (I'm assuming the two weeks prior to the wedding I won't have time for anything but last minute stuff) and shit needs to get done. I feel as if nothing is moving forward. Life is rushing by at speeds I've never seen before but not a whole lot else feels like it's getting checked off the list.

*splat*

(Also I just realized that the decorations I had planned for post reception won't really show up b/c it'll be dark. Huh. Oops.)

Save the Date (by me)

No we have not changed the date to, um, Monday. I'm just playing around with Illustrator.

Expectations on Both Sides

I've often talked here about wedding expectations and how I wish there weren't so many on a bride and groom, but I also wish there weren't so many on the guests. People feel like they have to go to  wedding if they are invited. They feel bad and unsupportive if they can't go. The only excuse for missing a wedding? Another wedding. Or maybe illness. Work isn't an excuse. Just not wanting to travel across the country isn't an excuse either. Unless you're really old. Then you're kind of thrown in the sick category.

Yep!

All but 5. Or 6. Maybe 7. But anyone who reads this blog...it's on its way. Unless it gets caught in the postal machine and torn to shreds. B/c, you know, that could happen.

PolkaDot Bags (Cunningham Photos)

This is a great idea and would be perfect for a wedding or any holiday. Next Christmas I'm loading up on paper bags like these if I can find them. Fill them with lovely greens and wa-lah!

They used these for a Valentine's party. Genius.

(See the awesome booth background here.)

Photography: Cunningham Photo Artists 
(Via Style Me Pretty galleries)

String of Lights (Caplan Miller Photography)

Lovely overhead light display via the Style Me Pretty Galleries.
Photography: Caplan Miller

Invitations

They are so close to being done I can TASTE it! Taste what you may ask? VICTORY!

OK, I'm being a little hyperbolic but it's in my blood, literally genetic, to stop projects 80% through. So to have a giant project that feels 80% complete during its entire run was a reeeeally good workout for my brain.

Garlands (photography by Christian Cruz)

Love this! This is the beautiful work of Christian Cruz a southern California photographer. I love the dreamy quality fo the shot.

Also? Check out that garland!!! I love it! The fabric and the flags! Perfect. Totally perfect.

(Blog trail: Christian Cruz Photography blog, via Oh Hello Friend)

Table and Escort Display (via Green Weding Shoes)

This photoshoot has a lot of elements that my sort of dream wedding would. Hmm...actually I don't like the term dream wedding. It has a lot of elements I think would be cool to incorporate into a wedding or party.

I love the escort card set up. I love the wire (I really love wire and would love to find places to use it.) Paper flowers. (Oh you guys reading this are probably getting hand cramps just *thinking* about fabric flowers :)

Oh My God Cute

Soooo cute. I think I let out an audible squeak when I saw these on Design*Sponge. These are the awesome work of the San Francisco-based sweets company Miette. They have an online store but the next time Z and I are in SanFran we are soooo visiting this shop.

(Via Design*Sponge)

Vows (via 2000 Dollar Wedding)

One of the few things we actually have in permanent ink is our officiant. And while we're no where near writing our vows, this is a good thing to have on our resource list: 2000 Dollar Wedding blog has compiled a list of wedding scripts. Suuuper useful and something I will turn to in the weeks ahead.